FRENCH COLONIES - 1881: An 1 franc bronze-green on straw postage stamp depicting allegory female figure "Commerce" sitting alone and inscribed "COLONIES". Series French Colonies by Alphee Dubois

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"French Colonies" is the name used by philatelists to refer to the postage stamps issued by France for use in the parts of the French colonial empire that did not have stamps of their own. These were in use from 1859 to 1906, and from 1943 to 1945. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 2800px × 3300px
Location: Paris, France
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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